Ante Up

“Ladies and gentlemen, Christianity offers the only viable, reasonable, definitive answer to the questions of ‘Where did I come from?’ ‘Why am I here?’ ‘Where am I going?’ ‘Does life have any meaningful purpose?’ Only Christianity offers a way to understand that physical and moral border. Only Christianity offers a comprehensive worldview that covers all areas of life and thought, every aspect of creation. Only Christianity offers a way to live in response to the realities that we find in this world — only Christianity.” ~Tom Delay

I have had the opportunity to speak to junior high and high school kids this summer and I would have to say that today’s youth are looking for what is real, what will answer the questions that they have for their life. They need to know that Christianity offers not just a way to live, but a better way to live this life here on earth.

I recently spoke to a mixed audience of young adults ages 12 to 18 and I had them look around at each other, I told them right next to you might be a mentor mentee relationship just waiting to happen. I told them giving of yourself, making yourself available is the best way to help another person, the person younger than you is looking to you for direction and guidance even if you don’t know it.

I know plenty of people my age early thirties; have the house, the wife, the kids, and the good job. Most of them are pressing into life keeping their nose to the grind stone so to speak, and this is a good thing, but is there time for someone else are they giving their time to something bigger than themselves. What about the Church?

There is a generation out there looking at us to see if this Jesus we are so happy to throw in peoples face is real, can he change a life, can he heal a broken marriage, can he take away the pain of abuse. Does this Jesus really hear my prayers, and what are they going to see, are they going to see us going about our lives as usual, will they see us just doing church. Or will they see us being the church, living out the faith that bleeds out of Jesus’ vein for you and me. Will they see a faith that lead a doubter to become a martyr, will they see the same love we show for those like us given to those we feel are beneath us.

A generation is watching waiting for the church to be the hope of the world; the only question is what they will see.

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